Escrima Strikes, Counters, and Disarms

  1. Forehand high strike
    Counter: Forehand block
    Disarm: Block, slide stick down against opponent’s hand, pull and twist stick

  2. Backhand high strike
    Counter: Backhand block
    Disarm: With free hand, reach behind opponent’s stick and above their arm.  Snake down and around their arm and back up into lock or until they let go of stick.

  3. Forehand middle strike
    Counter: Forehand block
    Disarm: With free hand, reach behind opponent’s stick and above their arm.  Snake down and around their arm and back up into lock or until they let go of stick.

  4. Backhand middle strike
    Counter: Backhand block
    Disarm: Turn top of stick behind opponent’s stick and down and around and under their thumb.  Your stick parallel to opponent’s stick.  Grab middle of both sticks and rotate them both over while squeezing them together on opponent’s thumb.

  5. Middle thrust
    Counter: Overhand vertical block across body
    Disarm: Hook lower end of stick over and behind opponent’s hand, ???

  6. Underhand backhand high thrust
  7. Overhand forehand high thrust
  8. Forehand low strike
  9. Backhand low strike
  10. Underhand backhand head thrust
  11. Overhand forehand head thrust
  12. Drop spin downward head strike